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86(b)(iii) Information contained in the national registry that substantiates or
clarifies the issues raised in the SIAR, if the SIAR prepared by the secretariat
indicates any issues related to accounting, transactions, and reporting of units under
the Kyoto Protocol. In such cases Parties included in Annex I shall provide the
expert review team with effective access to their national registry during the review.
The relevant parts of paragraphs 9 and 10 of part I of these guidelines shall also
apply to this information.
10. For the purpose of the second commitment period, the reference in paragraph 87(c)
of the annex to decision 22/CMP.1 shall be updated as follows:
87(c) The calculation of the required level of the commitment period reserve is in
accordance with decision 3/CMP.11.
11. For the purpose of the second commitment period, paragraph 88(b) of the annex to
decision 22/CMP.1 shall be replaced by the following:
88(b) The information contained in the SIAR identifies any issues related to
accounting, transactions and reporting of units under the Kyoto Protocol, whether
these issues still exist and whether recommendations from previous reviews have
been implemented by the Party.
12. Paragraph 88(c–g) and (i) of the annex to decision 22/CMP.1 shall not apply for the
purpose of the second commitment period.
13. For the purpose of the second commitment period, paragraph 88(h) of the annex to
decision 22/CMP.1 shall be replaced by the following:
88(h) The required level of the commitment period reserve as reported, is
calculated in accordance with decision 3/CMP.11.
14. For the purpose of the second commitment period, paragraph 88(j)(v) of the annex
to decision 22/CMP.1 shall be replaced by the following:
88(j)(v) Assess whether any discrepancy has been identified in the SIAR by
the transaction log relating to transactions initiated by the Party, and if so the expert
review team shall:
(i) Examine the cause of the discrepancy and whether the Party or Parties
has or have corrected the problem that caused the discrepancy;
(ii) Assess whether the problem that caused the discrepancy relates to the
capacity of the national registry to ensure the accurate accounting, issuance,
holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of ERUs, CERs,
tCERs, lCERs, AAUs and RMUs, the replacement of tCERs and lCERs, and
the carry-over of ERUs, CERs and AAUs, and if so, initiate a thorough
review of the registry system in accordance with part V of these guidelines.
15. For the purpose of the second commitment period, paragraph 88(k) of the annex to
decision 22/CMP.1 shall be replaced by the following:
88(k) Any non-replacement of units has been identified in the SIAR, and if so the
expert review team shall:
(i) Examine the cause of the non-replacement and whether the Party has
corrected the problem that caused the non-replacement;
(ii) Assess whether the problem that caused the non-replacement relates to
the capacity of the national registry to ensure the accurate accounting,
holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation, and retirement of ERUs, CERs,
tCERs, lCERs, AAUs and RMUs, and the replacement of tCERs and lCERs,